Word: tight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House staff. Miller's good ties with Carter will cause optimism among U.S. businessmen. But while the arrival of Miller might improve Treasury-White House relations, the fundamental contradictions of the Administration's economic policy remain to be resolved. And for an Administration whose chief has kept tight personal control over these policies, it is only the resolution of Jimmy Carter's own conflicting views that will enable his new team to give the country more effective economic and energy programs...
...report warns that any tinkering with the economy-such as a tax cut in the U.S. or further increases in West German interest rates-will only make the situation worse, and it advises policymakers to sit tight. Their main priority, the OECD advises, should be to reduce oil imports. Says John Fay, head of the OECD's economic department: "We have a long road of rather slow growth ahead...
Billy Carter, the President's brother: "I was in Washington recently, and Jimmy was buying four new suits. As tight as Jimmy is, he wouldn't be buying new suits if he wasn't going to run again...
...towns and villages as well as in cities and suburbs-the cost of shelter is going through the roof. Despite runaway rents, galloping home prices and the difficulties of finding mortgages and paying sky-high interest rates, demand remains strong. The availability of apartments, coops, condominiums and houses is tight, and there is no sign that the housing boom is about to bust. Meanwhile, the worsening shelter squeeze is changing the way America lives-for the worse...
...with critical memos, maneuvered to circumvent Hamilton's corporate decision making and sometimes even insulted him to his face. One source close to both recalls Geneen remarking in Hamilton's presence shortly before he stepped aside as chief executive: "1 want to get this company in such tight order that even Mickey Mouse...